Mexico is huge. . . almost out

This is told by devin, (read Matts palenque, Mexico)

we made it to palenque almost out of Mexico. we ran into a man just out of Mexico that told us palenque has the best permids in mexico, so we headed this way. we planned to see them today and head to san Cristobal but we got there 2 minutes to late and they would not let us in. so we found a place to stay for $5.50 each and found a church for tomorrow as well.

we left mazatlan and headed toward Mexico city. we stopped and got a picture of the temple in gatalajara. we had two people offer us a place to stay the night soo nice. i thought it creepy at first but then i just think people are nice down here. everyone we past, stare us down, they always ask what size of bike. . . we already had an offer from someone to buy one. i thing we do look odd with all our luggage and a tire strapped on the back. but i also think that they like the bikes, all the bikes down here are small 2-strokes. i think our bikes are ugly, i would never own one except for this trip but the bike are growing on me. with all the rough roads it is perfect. i nicknamed mine la gorda.

we made it most the way to Mexico city and stayed the night in a field. a guy in gatalajara warned us about travailing at night because off the bandits toward mexico city. so after we were just getting to sleep (matt sound asleep) a car pulled up right next to us and four men jumped out. the first one the only one i could see good was waring a mask and a black suit with a mushing gun. Dang! scared the crap out of me. they were just cops wondering what we were doing. they laughed at us and drove off.

Matt's back tire was looking bold so we strapped the bike to a tree and switched it. then we headed off toward mexico city. the tull roads are draining us. so we took the free roads, a little longer but took us in the country side more. we finally came to mexico city and it was a nightmare, we got lost, in fact i never new where we were at. after two hours we saw a sign that said welcome to mexcio city. so ¨i think¨ we made it to mexico city. . . after getting stuck in a stand still we asked a lady how to get to the pyramids north of Mexico city. she told us to follow her and she drove us all they way out of the mess and on our way strait to the pyramids. people are soo nice.

we got there too late so we found a cheep place to stay and eat. the next day we spend an hour touring the pyramids and then we were off. we gave the city a large birth and passed by pica de orizaba i believe is the 2nd largest peek in north America. our plans were to make it to this beach sanchez magallanea. we got lost a few times but finally made it grabbed our bags and died. i woke up to 10 crabs biting at my tarp so i wake up and strung my hammock.

the beach was awesome. it was an island with a lagoon. there was a bridge on both sides so we wanted to ride the island. we went for a swim and came back to our bikes with a lady screaming at us. i thought she was going to tell us to get off. but she was telling us someone was stilling our stuff. i guess a kid was going through our stuff when a girl saw him and held. he rand off with matts front tire but dropped it running away. the girl brought it back to us and nothing else was gone.

then the whole community came out to discuss it, seemed like big news to everyone. then we had to sit there while four different people came and talking up a storm, soo nice. i think they were trying to say that the boy who stole our tire was from another town and that their village was a good one. . . we acted like we understood them.

we then drove the cost for 30 miles, soo pretty water on both sides. I have been to a lot of beaches but this one rises to the top. soo awesome from sanchez magallanes to paraiso, dang!